The BBC Global iPlayer app is to launch on the iPhone and iPod Touch on Thursday, December 8.
The subscription service released an iPad app earlier this year and is now available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
It offers replay of BBC TV and radio shows as well as access to the corporation's huge archive of programmes.
It's run separately from the BBC's UK iPlayer, which is free but restricted to replay shows and only has an iPad app.
And the Global iPlayer will soon include programmes from other broadcasters for the first time.
John Smith, the chief executive of the BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, said: "The global BBC iPlayer has seen great growth since the pilot first launched in July - both in terms of geographical expansion and technological developments.(Source: Digital Spy)
"Moving to iPhone and iPod Touch allows us to take the service to a significant new potential audience and deliver fantastic programme content from the BBC and the UK's creative industry."
Jana Bennett, the former boss of BBC Vision who now heads up Global iPlayer for Worldwide, said that the corporation wants the on-demand platform to reflect the "whole gamut of British creative output" to overseas audiences.
Towards this aim, Worldwide has agreed its first programme acquisition deal for the on-demand service with independent programme distributor DRG.
The DRG deal will mean that a range of programmes shown on Channel 4 will launch on Global iPlayer, including comedies Peep Show, Black Books, Green Wing and Father Ted, along with hit drama Shameless.
These shows will be available to subscribers in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland in January.
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